Topic: mesoscopic two-photon calcium imaging

Humans and other primates possess a wide range of complex visual functions ranging from invariant object recognition to fine pattern discrimination, visual memory, spatial reasoning etc. We would ideally like to study the neural basis of such visual computations in lower animal models like the mouse, which are amenable to modern neuroscience techniques. However, it is not known if mice can perform interesting visual computations, and are notoriously known as “non-visual” animals. Here we demonstrate advanced visual functions in mice navigating and foraging in an immersive virtual reality while